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BS 970 EN31 Steel: Price Gap

Demand price (median buyer ceiling from RFQs) versus offer price (median seller reserve from listings), and the gap between them, for BS 970 EN31 across India. Click a region to drill into states.

Live Signal Lifetime

Lifetime: The gap between buyer bids and seller asks, across everything ever listed on M-EX. Use this for the long view. For example, “Has this grade usually traded with buyers bidding above sellers?”

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Market direction

Sellers asking higher

Price gap (National)

Rs. -4,742

Current

Rs. -4,742

154 RFQs · 438 listings

7 days ago

Rs. -4,742

Sellers were charging the same as today

154 RFQs · 438 listings

15 days ago

Rs. -4,742

Sellers were charging the same as today

152 RFQs · 436 listings

30 days ago

Rs. -4,742

Sellers were charging the same as today

142 RFQs · 421 listings

This gap is narrower than typical for Alloy Steel nationally (5.4% vs a 12.3% category average).
Direction has held at “sellers asking higher” for 111 days.

Demand above offer (positive gap)

Offer above demand (negative gap)

Insufficient data (< 3 each side)

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Disclaimer: All information on this page is indicative only and derived from posted listings and RFQs on M-EX. It does not constitute a market price quote or investment advice. M-EX and GTE make no representations as to accuracy or completeness. Actual activity depends on quantity, quality, payment terms and other commercial factors agreed between buyers and sellers.

BS 970 EN31 is an Alloy Steel grade: EN31: 1 per cent carbon-chromium steel. Specified in BS 970:1955, Part 2. Typical applications: Ball and roller bearings, gauges, dies.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (12)

Grade	Standard	Region
100Cr6	EN ISO 683-17	International
AISI 52100	AISI	USA
SUJ2	JIS	Japan
GCr15	GB	China
NF A35-551 100C6	NF A35-551	France
ShKh15	GOST	Russia
STS3	KS	Korea
UNI 100Cr6	UNI 11234	Italy
535A99	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK
103Cr4	IS 1570 (Part 4)	India
105Cr5	IS 1570 (Part 4)	India
103Cr6	IS 1570 (Part 4)	India

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Si	Mn	Cr	S	P
0.90-1.20	0.10-0.35	0.30-0.75	1.00-1.60	<=0.050	<=0.050

Mechanical Properties

Hardness (HB)

≤229 (softened)